Spectator Brings Home Six Awards from Press Association Conference

VALDOSTA - The Spectator, Valdosta
State University’s independent student newspaper, brought home six awards from
this year’s Georgia College Press Association Conference and Awards Ceremony on
Feb. 1 and 2, at The Classic Center in Athens, Ga. More than 195 student
journalists and faculty advisers from 22 Georgia colleges and 50 professional
journalists were in attendance.

The Spectator took a group of
11 editors, writers and advisers, and the staff brought home six statewide
awards in a variety of categories. The contest was judged by a panel of
professional journalists. One of the awards was third place in the entire state
of Georgia for General Excellence. The staff also got to attend two days of
panels and workshops that covered numerous topics related to journalism.

“The staff hopes to use what
they learned to improve news coverage at VSU and Valdosta,” said Dr. Ted
Geltner, assistant professor of journalism and Spectator advisor. “The staff of
the Spectator was extremely pleased to be honored by fellow journalists and hopes
to use the experience as motivation to raise the level of journalism even
higher at the Spectator moving forward.”

Spectator
Awards include:

Best Advertising, Spectator staff, Third place

Entertainment Feature, Garrison Muelhausen, Second place

Best Campus Community Service, Features, Spectator staff, Third
place

Improvement Award, Spectator staff, Third place

Best Campus Community Service, Editorial, Spectator staff, Third
place

General Excellence, Spectator staff, Third place

For more information about
the Spectator, contact Geltner at tageltner@valdosta.edu. The Spectator
publishes each Thursday during spring and fall semesters and can be viewed
online at www.vsuspectator.com. More information about GCPA is available
online at www.gapress.org/gcpa.html.